Example sentences of "[noun pl] be some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the worst rewards are some salary and wage systems . |
| 2 | I was just there for Type ninety , and he has a wall of books in his living room that — the shells are some kind of Danish wall system from nineteen fifty-five and it seemed , you know , that the shelves were slightly saggy , a few nicks and scrapes , so it 's not new looking at all . |
| 3 | The four other presidential candidates were some distance behind . |
| 4 | Now , you 'll notice the numbers in the brackets are some indication of the amount of time that we spent , the relative amount of time that we 've spent on the subjects . |
| 5 | Some lectures were some way even from this loose definition of science : John Ruskin lectured on Verona and Italian art in 1870 , and Richard Westmacott , who was both a Royal Academician and FRS , on art five weeks later — but he talked particularly on the question of assembling and conserving the Greek sculpture in the British Museum . |
| 6 | For some time it stood as the seventh ‘ port ’ in the kingdom , despite the fact that its quays were some distance away ; its merchants had exclusive rights over trade in much of western Sussex for most of the later middle ages . |
| 7 | For Dorothy is still not in focus , and one begins to think that she never will be , even if the correspondence of the Pounds ' later years is some day published . |
| 8 | It may be too simple to suppose that scientifically originated concepts are some son of cuckoo in the nest of traditional common sense . |
| 9 | By the stage we define broadly as intermediate , learners are some way towards developing control of the language they are learning : their store of language has grown to a point where they can adapt , adjust and add to it with some facility ; they can transfer language use from one context to another ; they are building up more complex networks of language and the work we do in the classroom at this level is similarly more complex and less controlled . |
| 10 | But then there 's a funny thing , Yellow Pages are some people you get a contact through Yellow Pages er which is not actually selling crackers but somebody wanted to know about you for something else you know , like . |
| 11 | Underneath these things were some papers tied up inside a cloth , and a bag of gold coins . |
| 12 | They can be referred to as bills , drafts or acceptances and often come with a label — bank bills , bank drafts , time drafts , bankers acceptances are some examples . |
| 13 | I am sorry that hon. Members whose constituencies are some distance from London are not interested in London 's problems ; they can continue to talk among themselves . |
| 14 | The theme of the fourth sentence , Some creators , relates to Rimbaud only indirectly on the basis that poets are some sort of creators , but it does not link in with the theme or rheme of the previous sentence . |
| 15 | Their divisions were some way apart . |
| 16 | Among his friends were some writers and artists who formed a somewhat Bohemian set . |
| 17 | Hurling insults is some peoples way of showing they care . |
| 18 | This picture of the grudging but well-intentioned patching up of managerial differences is some way away from an ideal of quality control which relies on teamwork . |
| 19 | Beneath the coins were some papers . |
| 20 | If the molecules were some part of the chromosomes , this might account for the many nuclear changes which had been observed . |
| 21 | The classic examples are some members of the Molly family . |
| 22 | Among the underwater chorus of singing fish and snapping shrimps are some animals equipped with a sonic weapon system . |
| 23 | Waiting for the hatchings to finish , checking the mirror , the vehicles are some way behind now . |
| 24 | The action occupies roughly the lower half of the frame and the painting fills the central area of the upper half — at the sides are some bits of built set , in miniature . |
| 25 | Among the bank 's assets were some loans of doubtful recoverability . |
| 26 | The capital cost of these projects is some £100m . |
| 27 | Some are further ahead than others , but what will probably be expected of most authorities is some sort of erm perhaps a handbook or certainly some advice to parents about the implications of the new Act . |
| 28 | ‘ Your Grace , I and two others were some way behind , bringing up the spare horses , and came on the scene only in time to see Sir Edmund at grips , and the battle all but done . |
| 29 | As well as the extreme distress and loss of life this condition can cause , the hospital costs of dealing with the fractures are some £160 million a year , and a fifth of orthopaedic beds are occupied by such cases . |
| 30 | ‘ Beyond the walls are some vineyards but the weather blights them . |